Mission
In 2012, the Alliance of Missouri Community Foundations was formed so all Missouri Community Foundations could begin collaborating to make Missouri a more sustaining and better place to live. Our mission is a statewide support of philanthropy and charitable giving through our regional community foundations. The members of the Alliance act as a resource for each other. We collaborate on issues and projects that aim to advance the overall quality of life in the state of Missouri.
Goals
Our goal is to connect people with the Community Foundation closest to them. Below, you can view the Community Foundations that are part of our Alliance and find the one closest to you.
Transfer of Wealth Study
When individuals and families decide how to pass on their financial and physical assets, they are participating in the national transfer of wealth that in Missouri alone will amount to more than $114 billion over the next 10 years (2020-2030).
That finding is included in the 2023 Missouri Transfer of Wealth Study, released in 2023 by the Alliance of Missouri Community Foundations. The goal of the Alliance is to encourage Missouri residents to consider allocating at least 5% of the assets they will pass on after their lifetimes to benefit their communities and favorite charitable causes.
If that happened, Missouri’s nonprofit and philanthropic organizations would receive more than $7.6 billion over the next 10 years to supplement other public and private funding sources that support areas like human services, education, the arts, community amenities, recreation and the environment, faith, youth, animal welfare and more. Even if all that money were endowed, meaning a portion is spendable while the principal stays intact to grow over time, a payout of 5% would create $383 million in added resources annually.
The 2023 Transfer of Wealth Study was conducted for the Alliance by the Center for Civic Research and Innovation in St. Louis, Missouri. It uses a variety of data sources and demographic trends to estimate Missourians’ current net worth and the potential wealth to be transferred based on household size, life expectancy and wealth distribution. Click here for the full study.